Lando Norris has dismissed as "comedy" a reported claim by Max Verstappen that he could have secured the Formula 1 title earlier if he'd had the same McLaren car as Norris, his closest challenger.

Lando Norris joked that Max Verstappen should go into comedy after the Red Bull driver claimed he would have won this year’s F1 world title sooner if he was driving in a McLaren. Verstappen sealed his fourth successive world championship in Las Vegas last weekend,

After the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Max Verstappen said he would have become world champion in a McLaren. Lando Norris was asked about this claim in Qatar. The British driver smiled at the comments and suggested the four-time World Champion should do some comedy.